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Hundreds of thousands fill the streets of a sun-baked Zurich ready to party in the Swiss city's annual techno Street Parade, after a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Vigo, Aug 28 (EFE).- Several people took part Saturday in the first edition since the pandemic of the traditional 'Rapa das Bestas' or 'the Shave of the Beasts' in northern Spain, where participants have to overcome wild horses and cut their mane without using ropes or sticks.Every year, wild horses are captured in the hills and then carried to a farmyard to be branded and have their horsehair cut during a traditional festival. (Camera: JORGE PIÑEIRO). B-ROLL OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATINGIN RAPA DAS BESTAS FESTIVAL IN A ESTRADA, GALICIA, SPAIN.
Drone images show burnt-out and abandoned vehicles at the site of the Supernova festival, in Negev desert in southern Israel after it was attacked by Palestinian militants. About 250 bodies were found strewn across the site of a music festival in a Negev desert kibbutz, mostly young people, while other revellers were among the more than 100 hostages abducted into Gaza. IMAGES
The first fans arrive at Wacken Open Air, the world's biggest heavy metal festival, as it starts in northern Germany. Organisers were forced on Wednesday to cap the festival's attendance after heavy rain turned its farmland site into a muddy quagmire. Only 60 percent of the 85,000 ticket-holders, those already in attendance, will be allowed entry. IMAGES of festival-goers entering venue after doors opening
The site of this weekend's Teknival in central France is gradually emptying of its last festival-goers. The clean-up of the site is underway with skips provided by the authorities and thanks to the collection of rubbish throughout the festival by the revellers themselves. IMAGES
'It's huge what we've done', says Jean-Luc Melenchon, referring to the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) coalition sealed in May, at the "Fete de l'Humanite" music festival near Paris. The leader of the leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party is making his return at this festival after several years of absence, particularly because of strained relations with the Communist Party. SOUNDBITE